James Arthur Jacobson

OTHER NEWS TO NOTE - DEATHS

May 8, 1992

Jacobson, a banker appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help coordinate China's production during World War II, died Sunday in Bryn Mawr, Pa., at age 84. The cause of death was not released. Jacobson joined Chase National Bank in 1931 and became head of most of the bank's Far East operations. Roosevelt appointed him special liaison officer to China. He helped organize the manufacture of bayonets and assembly of American-made trucks.